Julia’s taking a drawing class at the university this semester. She showed us her sketches and told us they had nude models, which was unexpected and kind of weird, not being used to things like this. Her niece was there with us, taking it all in, perplexed frown on her face. Julia said the model […]
After I finished all that, I moved on to the next project which was getting some things from the grocery store and also buying some damned fans. One fan is broken has to be returned. Sell me a crappy broken fan? No, thank you. Anyway, fans set up because it is super hot in this
Okay, so last Thursday at lunch, we were talking about Abraham Lincoln. The kid is six, and she said, “Aber-HAM Lincoln. Aber-HAM, and now all I can think about is ham. That’s such a weird name.” ???? I do love kids, and wacky things they say is one of the best parts of being
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Here they are swimming. It’s 57 degrees. Heidi is wrapped in an afghan and John is wearing a coat and hat as they supervise this mat situation. The mat situation is that the mat tends to slide over toward the dock constantly and they’re running and so forth and we’re all on edge because a
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Pam told me she thought she saw me in a photo on the local newspaper’s website, in a picture of the crowd at the State Fair. The date is August 24, 2017. I do not believe I was at the fair that year. That definitely looks like me– the hair, the little squinty expression, the
Today James and Kari were having a tea party with these two little girls, and was interesting, but also fun. Then all at once? Elin threw up. Yes, on the rug, right beside the tea party. And then, as if this isn’t bad enough? Maria’s puppy ate it. !!!! I texted Maria just because I
It’s been a fine August week, hotter than heck. The pleasantly dull routine is comfortable. Thursday James came over with the kids while the cleaning lady worked at Dan and Alicia’s. It was dark as evening in the house, kids played Legos in the basement. Later on after lunch, the sun came out and we
Yes, this. I have no idea who Derrick Moore is. I’m aware of Jesus Christ. (Himself, no less.) And some bored-in-church child is contributing in the amount of 2 1/2 euro. Interesting. It also caused a great amount of laughter tonight while I was working. I found it as I was looking for a
My grandkids do this to me. Last night I texted their parents and asked if they wanted to stop by in the morning and have lunch. I didn’t hear back, but that’s okay. If they’re busy already, I’m bummed, but it was a short-notice idea. So this morning I woke up at seven and saw
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Heidi sent a big package of construction paper, so we took inspiration and made some goofy Thanksgiving turkeys–pj’s has eyes with long eyelashes drawn with sparkly crayon. And it’s winter now, at least a month earlier than we expected. Bah. The kids are happy enough about it. We had lunch with my parents and my
